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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Banned
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ Illegal in some contexts
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Same-sex marriage in Colón is banned.
Censorship of LGBT issues in Colón is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Honduras, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
However, trans people face a risk of arrest under vaguely worded sections of the Law on Police and Social Affairs of 2001, enforcing police to "prevent and eliminate disturbances to tranquility, public morality, and proper conduct". Police crackdowns against "vagabonds", which are very vaguely defined, also target trans people at a disproportionate rate.
However, trans people face a risk of arrest under vaguely worded sections of the Law on Police and Social Affairs of 2001, enforcing police to "prevent and eliminate disturbances to tranquility, public morality, and proper conduct". Police crackdowns against "vagabonds", which are very vaguely defined, also target trans people at a disproportionate rate.
Right to change legal gender in Colón is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Transgender people have not been legally recognized. In 2019, five LGBTI rights defenders filed an unconstitutional appeal against the National Registry of Persons Act on the grounds that there is no procedure for them to request or effect a name change in accordance with their perceived identity.
The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).
The appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Justice in November 2022, although the State of Honduras is required to create a procedure for legal recognition of gender identity under a 2020 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).
Gender-affirming care in Colón is banned.
Current status
Banned
Gender-affirming care is not provided in Honduras.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Colón is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
No non-binary options on documents.
LGBT discrimination in Colón is illegal in some contexts.
Current status
Since Apr 6, 2013
Illegal in some contexts
LGBT employment discrimination in Colón is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Apr 6, 2013
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoption in Colón is single only.
Current status
Single only
The last paragraph of Article 22 of the Special Adoption Law establishes that "It is prohibited to give girls or boys or adults for adoption to marriages or de facto unions formed by persons of the same sex." However, LGBTIQ+ singles can still adopt.
Intersex infant surgery in Colón is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Intersex infant surgery is legal in Honduras but not reported.
Serving openly in military in Colón is legal.
Current status
Legal
There are no known bans or restrictions on LGBTIQ+ people serving in the military in Honduras.
Conversion therapy in Colón is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversion therapy is legal in Honduras and reported to be occurring.
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